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402 Index<br />

health <strong>and</strong> disorders <strong>of</strong> 68<br />

how the eye “sees” 67<br />

lens 100<br />

overview 65–69<br />

physics <strong>of</strong> vision 67–68<br />

retina 113<br />

structures 65<br />

traditions in medical history<br />

68–69<br />

eyeglasses 67, 83, 109<br />

eyelids<br />

blepharitis 74<br />

blepharoplasty 75<br />

blepharospasm 75<br />

chalazion 79<br />

cicatricial pemphigoid 79<br />

ectropion 87<br />

entropion 87<br />

hordeolum 96<br />

orbital cellulitis 106<br />

ptosis 110<br />

xanthelasma 124<br />

xanthoma 211<br />

eye pain 85, 89–90, 89t<br />

eye patch 72, 81<br />

eye strain 90<br />

F<br />

face 373<br />

facelift. See rhytidoplasty<br />

facial nerve 49, 53, 228–229, 246,<br />

247t<br />

facioscapulohumeral muscular<br />

dystrophy 337, 338t<br />

failed back surgery syndrome<br />

(FBSS) 327<br />

farsightedness. See hyperopia;<br />

presbyopia<br />

fascia 294, 321, 349–350<br />

fat. See adipose tissue<br />

fat emboli 346<br />

fatigue. See chronic fatigue<br />

syndrome<br />

fbn1 gene 335<br />

FBSS (failed back surgery<br />

syndrome) 327<br />

FDA. See US Food <strong>and</strong> Drug<br />

Administration<br />

female pattern alopecia 137<br />

femoral hernia 325<br />

femur 330<br />

fetus 303<br />

feverfew 366, 377<br />

fibrillin 1 335<br />

fibrinogens 127<br />

fibromyalgia 321–322, 385<br />

fibula 301, 330<br />

filiform papillae 26<br />

finasteride (Propecia) 137<br />

finger 210, 350, 357<br />

fingernails 129, 167<br />

Fitzpatrick skin type 158, 158t<br />

flashes 91<br />

flat bones 309<br />

flexibility 300, 365, 366<br />

flexural psoriasis 188<br />

floaters 74, 91, 113, 124<br />

fluorescein staining 81, 91, 104,<br />

108<br />

focal seizures 281<br />

folic acid 16, 217, 282, 355<br />

follicles. See hair follicles<br />

folliculitis 158–159<br />

food safety 248, 249<br />

foot 297, 349–350, 358<br />

Achilles tendon injury 297, 298<br />

foot drop 319<br />

forebrain 230–231<br />

foreign objects in the ear or nose<br />

24, 47<br />

fovea 113<br />

fracture 322–323<br />

bone 309<br />

bone cancer 309<br />

bone density 310<br />

dislocations 320<br />

hip fracture in older adults 327<br />

osteoporosis 346<br />

RICE 353<br />

sprains <strong>and</strong> strains 356<br />

freckles. See lentigines<br />

Friedrich ataxia 226<br />

frontal lobe 231t, 242<br />

frostbite 159–160, 159t<br />

functional limitations 67<br />

fungal infection 179, 204–205<br />

furuncle 160<br />

G<br />

gag reflex 25<br />

ganglion 267<br />

gangrene 144, 159, 323<br />

gas-permeable contact lens 83, 99<br />

gastroesophageal reflux disorder<br />

(GERD) 18, 45<br />

gastrointestinal bleeding 368<br />

Gehrig, Lou 224<br />

gene mutation. See mutation<br />

gene therapy 296<br />

genetic counseling 256<br />

genetic disorders<br />

achondroplasia 298<br />

CMT disease 317–318<br />

ichthyosis 166<br />

Marfan syndrome 335–336<br />

muscular dystrophy 337–339<br />

myopathy 340<br />

myotonia 340<br />

neur<strong>of</strong>ibromatosis 269<br />

nevus 178<br />

osteogenesis imperfecta<br />

342–343<br />

osteopetrosis 344–345<br />

polydactyly 350, 350<br />

skeletal dysplasia 355<br />

syndactyly 357<br />

genetic predisposition 222<br />

genetics <strong>and</strong> molecular medicine<br />

296<br />

genetic testing 136, 155<br />

GERD. See gastroesophageal reflux<br />

disorder<br />

germline mutations 114<br />

giant-cell arteritis 98<br />

giant congenital nevus 178<br />

gingivitis 25<br />

ginkgo biloba 223, 244<br />

glaucoma 92–94, 93t<br />

cataract 78<br />

eye pain 90<br />

eyes 67<br />

Graves’s ophthalmopathy 94<br />

intraocular pressure 97<br />

mydriasis 100<br />

ocular herpes zoster 103<br />

tonometry 119<br />

glial cells 230<br />

globus pallidus 274<br />

glossitis 25<br />

glossopharyngeal nerve 49, 53<br />

glucosamine 366<br />

glucose 77, 285, 377<br />

glutamate 224<br />

gonorrhea 80<br />

goose bumps 160–161<br />

gout 323–324, 324t<br />

grade 1 braille code 75<br />

grade 1 sprain 355–356<br />

grade 2 sprain 356<br />

grade 3 sprain 356<br />

grade 4 sprain 356<br />

graft vs. host disease 173<br />

granuloma telangiectaticum 161<br />

Graves’s disease 88, 94–95<br />

Graves’s ophthalmopathy 88,<br />

94–95, 119<br />

gray matter 216, 283, 284<br />

greenstick fracture 322

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